What would we find out if we trace the name of God (YHWH) along a timeline that begins in Exodus 3:15 and follow it through to the New Testament? A timeline may be the right tool to clarify how the name YHWH moves from the Old Testament into the New Testament and how it becomes associated with Jesus without being replaced.
Let’s begin with Exodus 3:15, the anchor point where YHWH reveals his name. God tells Moses, “I AM that I AM: and he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” Verse 15, “This is my name forever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
So, God’s name is YHWH. It’s his covenant name, which is tied to His identity as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and is meant to be known, not hidden. So, at this stage in history, YHWH is understood as our Creator, Redeemer, Covenant maker, and the One who saves Israel from the Egyptians.
As Israel’s story unfolds from here, the prophets begin to describe YHWH’s future saving action in increasingly personal terms. In Isaiah 40:3, “Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Isaiah 43:11, “I, even I, am LORD (YHWH), and besides me there is no savior.”
Joel 2:32, “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD (YHWH) will be saved.”
So, here’s what the Old Testament prophets were expecting. YHWH will come to His people, and salvation will be tied to His name. And He will come as a figure who will embody the LORD’S (YHWH’s) saving presence.
This sets the stage for the New Testament and the revealing of Jesus Christ. The angel tells Joseph what to name the child, Matthew 1:25, “You shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
The name Yeshua, Jesus, literally means, “YHWH saves.” This is our first major clue that Jesus’ mission will be YHWH’s saving action. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus does things only YHWH can do. He forgives sins, commands nature, walks on water, calls Himself “I AM,” receives worship, claims authority over Torah (the law), and said, “Before Abraham was, I AM.”
Here’s a second clue. The New Testament repeatedly takes Old Testament passages about YHWH and applies them to Jesus.
In Joel 2:32, “Call on the name of the LORD (YHWH.) In Romans 10:13 “Call on YHWH” now becomes, “Call on Jesus.”
Isaiah 40:3, “Prepare ye the way of the LORD (YHWH,)” in Mark 1:3 it becomes “Prepare the way of the LORD,” points directly to Jesus.
In Psalm 102:25–27, the Creator is YHWH. In Hebrews 1:10–12, Colossians 1:16, and John 1:3, we are told the Creator is Jesus.
Isaiah 45:23, “That unto me (YHWH) every knee shall bow,” and in Philippians 2:10–11, Paul tells us, “That at the name of Jesus every knee bow.”
This is identification: What the apostles are telling us is, “The YHWH who promised to come has come, his name is Jesus.” The Early Church called on the name of Jesus, the same way the Jews called on YHWH. The early church prayed to Jesus, was baptizing in Jesus’ name, healed in Jesus’ name, suffered for Jesus’ name, and gathered together in Jesus’ name.
The book of Revelation seals the timeline. All the titles used for YHWH in the Old Testament, Alpha and Omega, First and Last, Beginning and End, are all applied to Jesus Christ in Revelation. So, our timeline ends where it began. He is the God of Israel, Savior of His people, the One whose name saves, all revealed in Christ Jesus.
The writer of the Book of Acts tells us that (YHWH) is the eternal divine name, and that Jesus is the incarnation of YHWH’s saving presence. And that the name “Jesus” contains and fulfills the meaning of YHWH.
That calling on Jesus is the New Testament way of calling on YHWH in the Old. This is why the apostle wrote, pointing directly to the Lord Jesus. Acts 4:12, “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
So, the name of YHWH has not been abandoned; all the New Testament writers have done is proclaim YHWH’s salvation in the person of Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:23, “And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is GOD (YHWH) WITH US.”
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Post #41Without Jesus, we're all dead meat, Capbook! However, even without the bible, we'll be better off with Jesus on our side.Capbook wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 5:47 amI also believe you'd be better off without that untested spirit of yours OneJack. He didn't for mankind's salvation.OneJack wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 12:22 amYou'll be better off without that part, Capbook.Capbook wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2026 3:19 amDo that mean that what is written in 1Thes 4:14 is wrong OneJack?OneJack wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2026 8:48 amTake it from the Son if you don’t want to be deceived, the Spirit that was in the Son was the Father, whose name is Jesus; hence, the Son [the man who was born of. MARY] was the one who died on the cross when the Father detached Himself from him (Son).Capbook wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2026 1:24 am Care enough just to answer the question?
You are also free to consult your Jesus to help you answer the question OneJack.
Again, OneJack, what I mean is, as what is written Who is the Jesus that died recorded in 1Thes 4:14, is it your Jesus or ours?
1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
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Post #42Yes, without the Jesus whose effective defense to the devil's temptation was "it is written," whom I know you never used to your untested spirit OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 11:03 pmWithout Jesus, we're all dead meat, Capbook! However, even without the bible, we'll be better off with Jesus on our side.Capbook wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 5:47 amI also believe you'd be better off without that untested spirit of yours OneJack. He didn't for mankind's salvation.
Why can't you use it OneJack? I might be convince by your stand.
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Post #43Ditch them all and come to and call on the real and forever living Jesus, and listen to and follow Him until the end when He responds.Capbook wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 2:05 amYes, without the Jesus whose effective defense to the devil's temptation was "it is written," whom I know you never used to your untested spirit OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2026 11:03 pmWithout Jesus, we're all dead meat, Capbook! However, even without the bible, we'll be better off with Jesus on our side.
Why can't you use it OneJack? I might be convince by your stand.
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Post #44Your untested spirit did not die for us, the true Jesus that overcame the devils temptation through "it is written" defense offers us salvation through His blood shed on the cross OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 8:54 amDitch them all and come to and call on the real and forever living Jesus, and listen to and follow Him until the end when He responds.Capbook wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 2:05 amYes, without the Jesus whose effective defense to the devil's temptation was "it is written," whom I know you never used to your untested spirit OneJack.
Why can't you use it OneJack? I might be convince by your stand.
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Post #45Talk to Jesus personally, instead of talking about Jesus through the pages of the bible, which is not Jesus in reality. Jesus is only one, not two, not three.Capbook wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 1:19 amYour untested spirit did not die for us, the true Jesus that overcame the devils temptation through "it is written" defense offers us salvation through His blood shed on the cross OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 8:54 amDitch them all and come to and call on the real and forever living Jesus, and listen to and follow Him until the end when He responds.Capbook wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 2:05 amYes, without the Jesus whose effective defense to the devil's temptation was "it is written," whom I know you never used to your untested spirit OneJack.
Why can't you use it OneJack? I might be convince by your stand.
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Post #46Prove to us first that your Jesus died for us, then I believe that he is the Jesus in the Bible OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 9:54 pmTalk to Jesus personally, instead of talking about Jesus through the pages of the bible, which is not Jesus in reality. Jesus is only one, not two, not three.Capbook wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 1:19 amYour untested spirit did not die for us, the true Jesus that overcame the devils temptation through "it is written" defense offers us salvation through His blood shed on the cross OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 8:54 amDitch them all and come to and call on the real and forever living Jesus, and listen to and follow Him until the end when He responds.
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Post #47Jesus is the one who sets conditions and trials for all, for all to be saved, not you, Capbook. The bible is not Jesus. Why always anchor Jesus to the bible?Capbook wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 2:32 amProve to us first that your Jesus died for us, then I believe that he is the Jesus in the Bible OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 9:54 pmTalk to Jesus personally, instead of talking about Jesus through the pages of the bible, which is not Jesus in reality. Jesus is only one, not two, not three.Capbook wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 1:19 amYour untested spirit did not die for us, the true Jesus that overcame the devils temptation through "it is written" defense offers us salvation through His blood shed on the cross OneJack.
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Post #48Why can't you prove that your Jesus died for us OneJack?OneJack wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 11:35 pmJesus is the one who sets conditions and trials for all, for all to be saved, not you, Capbook. The bible is not Jesus. Why always anchor Jesus to the bible?Capbook wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 2:32 amProve to us first that your Jesus died for us, then I believe that he is the Jesus in the Bible OneJack.OneJack wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2026 9:54 pmTalk to Jesus personally, instead of talking about Jesus through the pages of the bible, which is not Jesus in reality. Jesus is only one, not two, not three.
Why dodged the point? You have access to him before, why can't you ask him, I believe he didn't forget you.
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Post #49You don’t know what you’re asking me to do. Jesus does not work that way.Capbook wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 1:29 amWhy can't you prove that your Jesus died for us OneJack?OneJack wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 11:35 pmJesus is the one who sets conditions and trials for all, for all to be saved, not you, Capbook. The bible is not Jesus. Why always anchor Jesus to the bible?Capbook wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 2:32 amProve to us first that your Jesus died for us, then I believe that he is the Jesus in the Bible OneJack.
Why dodged the point? You have access to him before, why can't you ask him, I believe he didn't forget you.
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Post #50I know what I am asking you to do OneJack. It is recorded in 1John 4:1.OneJack wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 8:02 amYou don’t know what you’re asking me to do. Jesus does not work that way.Capbook wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2026 1:29 amWhy can't you prove that your Jesus died for us OneJack?OneJack wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2026 11:35 pmJesus is the one who sets conditions and trials for all, for all to be saved, not you, Capbook. The bible is not Jesus. Why always anchor Jesus to the bible?
Why dodged the point? You have access to him before, why can't you ask him, I believe he didn't forget you.
1Jn 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

